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What is the ‘phrasing’ of pants? Famous Korean DJ kicked out of US plane

DJ Soda, a famous Korean DJ, was kicked out of an American plane for bad clothes. DJ Soda said it would boycott the airline.

DJ Soda posted on her Instagram on the 26th, “Yesterday, after a concert in New York, I was on a plane to LA, but I was suddenly kicked out just before departure. He wore these pants, which he received as a gift from an American brand, and flew without any problems while touring the US for several months.” On the pants he was wearing at the time, the English profanity was written ‘F*** YOU’.

He said, “I was sitting in the business seat No. 1 and drinking the welcome drink right before departure, when suddenly a male employee came and told me to take all my luggage and leave without explaining the reason. said.

He added, “I had an important meeting in LA, so I had to change my pants because I had to never miss this flight, but I was rejected and I had no choice but to take my pants off at the entrance of the plane, where everyone was watching,” he added.

DJ Soda said, “But even though I had my pants off and nothing on, they sarcastically asked me if I had taken off my pants before boarding the plane, and they told me they couldn’t take me on this plane because they were already too uncomfortable with my pants, so keep on taking another flight. did. After the hard work of my teammates, I was able to get back on the plane with my pants on.”

He continued, “I took off my pants very uncomfortable because I had a broken finger, and it was really humiliating to take off my pants in front of the airplane entrance where everyone was watching, and to have my pants off and beg for a ride on the plane. All the way on the plane, everyone on the plane was scared, and for 6 hours, I barely arrived, trembling with anxiety.”

Finally, he said, “It’s the first time I’ve been kicked out of a plane while on tour for 8 years, and it’s the first time I’ve taken my pants off in front of everyone. Moreover, it was unbelievable that this had happened in the United States, a country that respects individual liberty. “I don’t think this should ever happen to anyone again, and I will boycott American Airlines in the future.”

Photo = DJ Soda’s Instagram

American airline ‘America Airlines’ has been controversial in the past when it refused to board because of the clothes of its passengers.

In 2017, two teenage girls became controversial when they refused boarding because they were wearing leggings. At the time, in the United States, there was a debate between the opinion that “the airlines that do not accept the popular leggings are the problem” and the opinion that “It is not prohibited, but let’s not wear it as a courtesy”.

Also in July of last year, a female bodybuilder from Turkey said, “Airline staff saw my clothes and called me ‘naked’. “She feels insulted at not being able to fly in America because she’s wearing hot pants,” she said.

In January, the winners of the 2012 ‘Miss USA’ and ‘Miss Universe’ were denied boarding because of their revealing attire.

The ‘American Airlines’ Conditions of Carriage states, “Passengers must dress appropriately. Bare feet or inappropriate clothing are not permitted.” American Airlines refused to board these passengers.

In addition to American Airlines, American airlines such as United, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest and Alaska Airlines have similar dress codes.

CNN reported, “These airlines prohibit inflight attire that is obscene, explicit, objectionable or annoying. Conflict is repeating itself,” he said.

In addition to the dress controversy, ‘American Airlines’ also had a racial discrimination controversy. In the past, Overwatch pro gamer Ryu Je-hong said on his SNS, “I was asked to change seats for no reason, and when I said no, he even heard about whether he wanted to get off the plane. I don’t want to fly on this plane again.”

Also, when the student refused to board a Chinese student and said that the student would take a photo as evidence, the captain made a V sign with his finger and mocked it, causing controversy. Since then, a civic group in the United States has recommended to travelers to ‘restrict the use of this airline’.

Correspondent Chi-Hoon Song, Donga.com sch53@donga.com